Thursday, 11 May 2017

In How to Build WordPress Themes: A Web Designer's Guide you will learn how to take a static HTML site and convert it into a fully functional WordPress theme and plugin. We'll start with a primer for PHP to understand the underlying language WordPress is written in, as well as explore some tools to help you work. Then, we'll take a look at our static site and convert it!

By the end of the course you will:

Become familiar with Underscores, a popular WordPress Starter Theme

Know how to create and customize blog posts, pages, and header and footer areas

Create menus and widget areas

Build a plugin to help us extend WordPress

Understand CMB2, a popular WordPress tool for adding custom information to our WordPress site

Learn best practices for creating WordPress Themes and Plugins

What are we building?

Since it's something we all know and love, we'll create a restaurant website! We'll build basic pages like about and contact, add a blog, and create a nice, interactive menu that's easy to update!

Who is the target audience?

This course is ideal for web designers who want to make WordPress Themes.

If you are a WordPress Site Builder, you will appreciate learning how to modify themes yourself and not rely on a 3rd party plugin. You'll also be able to tweak ready-made themes to your liking.

You know how to make static sites and you're ready to do the custom work that's needed to be a full WordPress service shop